Capital Region International Airport (LAN) at Lansing, Michigan is getting its first international nonstop service this winter, with charter flights to the popular resort destination of Cancun in Mexico.

Customers who fly Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air from California’s Bay Area through September 30 can earn up to 40 per cent off the fares for Alaska Airlines’ new nonstop flights between Oakland and the Hawaiian Islands starting this fall.

If you’re going to the island of Mykonos for a vacation or even just a weekend of stay-awake sunning, swimming and partying, and you’re getting there from somewhere on the mainland of Greece, you might want to spend as little time as possible actually travelling to your destination.